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striking out apples simply because they are scabby. 1 am pretty 

 positive that the scab is the work of a little louse. The remedy is so 

 easy and so effectual, that it appears to me we ought not to act hastily 

 in the matter. I made very careful observation of this difficulty in 

 the Spring, and found that these little marks called " scab " originated 

 from the puncture of a louse. This wound is made quite early, 

 after the apple is in bloom. Tobacco-water and soap will kill the 

 lice without any difficulty. You, perhaps, recollect Dr. "Walsh's visit 

 to our neighborhood. He spoke about the lady-bird eating the eggs 

 of these lice. The lady-birds were destroyed by the soldier-beetle, 

 and the result was our trees were literally swarming with lice. I 

 would, therefore, act with caution in discarding any of these apples. 

 I never saw finer specimens than I saw growing in my locality. 



Mr. Huggins — We regard it as one of our best Winter apples. 



Mr. Earle — I have accomplished the object of my motion, and, 

 therefore, withdraw it. 



Dr. Hull — The Winesap is one of those varieties that are uniformly 

 scabby this year. It is a little singular that these lice appear to feed 

 upon the leaves of some varieties, upon the twigs of others, and upon 

 the fruit of others; but upon this Winesap they prey on all three. 

 I cannot tell you the reason. The smooth varieties, generally, are 

 more or less affected ; some of them escape ; the Keswick Codlin 

 escapes. I cannot tell you how it is, anymore than I can tell you 

 why the grasshopper prefers my Newtown Pippin to the Janet, but 

 so it is. 



The President [McWhorter] — There are some little spurs that live, 

 and some that die, giving the tree a half dead appearance through the 

 Summer, I would like to hear from some gentleman on that. 



Mr. Brown — It was so in my orchard last year to such an extent 

 that I supposed they would hold no crop this year. 



Mr. Hilliard — I noticed that myself. 



The President — In the orchards in my neighborhood there has been 

 no scab this year, but our orchards are literally swarming with lady- 

 birds. 



